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7 September 2010

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The great fac depression

12 July 2010

A string of natural and man-made catastrophe losses in 2010 has done little to hold back continued depressed pricing in the vast US fac market. Inside FAC takes a closer look… Read more

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Sector profile: Sports contingency

14 June 2010

As the festival of football that is the World Cup kicks off, Inside FAC looks at the (re)insurance underpinning the financial commitments made for this tournament and the wider sports market… Read more

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The Asian tiger still roars…

14 May 2010

Taking its share of the pain from the recent financial crisis, Singapore is proving resilient with its (re)insurance market booming. Inside FAC takes a closer look… Read more

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Country profile: Middle East

16 April 2010

The recent $10bn bailout of Dubai highlighted the problems faced by the once booming Middle East. With finance for some construction projects in doubt and some significant recent losses coming to light, what are the prospects for the fac market in the region?… Read more

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Sector profile: Rail

23 March 2010

Last month, attention was drawn once again to the railways sector by the horrific head-on collision between two passenger trains in Belgium, in which 18 people died. There is an ongoing investigation into the rush-hour collision, which happened just outside Brussels on 15 February when the front carriages smashed into each other and were forced up into the air, damaging overhead power lines. One train had been going from Leuven to Braine-le-Comte, while the second was travelling from Qui&eac… Read more

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Sector profile: Construction

21 January 2010

There's little doubt that the construction market will be keen to forget 2009 as quickly as possible. For this was the year in which the real impact of the global credit crisis began to be felt, with numerous projects either delayed or cancelled altogether as lending institutions were no longer able to support the scale of growth seen previously… Read more

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Sector profile: Offshore Energy

16 November 2009

It could all have been so different. September passed with no significant hurricane activity in the United States – at last providing breathing space for a market ravaged in recent years by significant Gulf of Mexico (GOM) losses… Read more

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Country profile: Indonesia

16 November 2009

Indonesia suffered once again in 2009 as earthquakes struck. Inside FAC assesses the state of the market Attention has certainly been focused on devastating natural catastrophes in South-East Asia this autumn, as the area known as the “Ring of F… Read more

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Sector analysis: Renewables

28 August 2009

Let’s get the downsides out of the way quickly. Yes, for many booming economies fossil fuel power stations are the cheapest and easiest way of supplying their plentiful energy demands. Coal in particular is an economically inexpensive fuel with man… Read more

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Country profile: Taiwan

28 August 2009

Despite Taiwan’s large catastrophe exposures and its big commercial risks, reinsurance rates have softened in recent years as a result of low insured loss activity. Now, with the country reeling from the worst flooding in 50 years and the global sl… Read more

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